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H. J. CHAPMAN.

FIGURE TOY. APPLICATION FILED JAN-29,1915.

Patented Feb. 1, 1916.

@mowntoz HARRIET JosnrHiNE CHAPMAN, orrnsanmvn, cnmronmn,

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Application filed January 29,1915. Serial No. 5,047.

T 0 all whom it may concern: a e

ie it known that 1, Hammer JOSEPHINE CHAPMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pasadena, in the county of Los Angeles and State of- California, have invented certain new and useful. Improvements in I Fig re Toys,-' of 1 which the" follow ing is a specifications i t The invention relatesto an improvement in jointed toys of the type designed for manual manipulation to cause the toys to assume a variety of postures.

T he present invention is'directed to a toy and combined supporting and operating member therefor, with the member and toys constructed for a removable interfit to-provide for manipulating the toy when desired while yet permitting disassembling of the parts, in a simple expeditious manner to provide for flat storage or packing of the parts for shipment, thereby avoiding the provision of a fixed operating element, as is usually employed in toys of this character.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a fastener for securing the jointed parts with relation to each other, the fastener being designed as a simple inexpensive element with which the parts may be readily connected and which will permit the ready renewal of any parts if desired.

The invention in the preferred form of details will be described in the following specification, reference being had particularly to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the completed toy. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the operating member. Fig. 3 is a section showing the connector joining the jointed sections. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the connector, the parts being shown separated.

In carrying out the present invention I have shown the improved toys constructed to simulate a boy dressed to represent a plantation darky. The figure includes a body 1 with the head 2 as a fixed part thereof. Arms 3 which are each rigid members are movably connected at 4 to the body. Legs 5 are movably connected to the body at 6, the legs themselves being jointed at 7 representing the knee joint. In connection with the body there is provided an additional element 8, representing in this in stance a bandana handkerchief, jointed at 9 to the body so as to be capable of independ- Specification of Letters Patent.

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ent movement in the movement of the toy.

(Jf course in connection with other figure representations, such as are contemplated in the present application, the element 8 will represent different forms, in some instances completing the attire, as coat-tails,-and said element 8 is contemplated as indicating any and all loose parts which may be applied in this position.

As an essential feature of the present in vention I provide a handle and operating member in the form of a rod 10 of angular cross section, as shown, and having one endv pointed as at 11. The free terminals of the arms 8 are formed with openings 12 of a 'siZe to snugly receive and accurately fit the rod 10, so that when the rod is in place it is in effect rigidly connected with the arms so that by taking the ends of the rod between the fingers and rotating the same as desired the movable parts of the toy, beyond the arms are given or permitted such independ ent action as will cause these parts, and the figure as a whole, to assume various fantastic positions.

In constructing or connecting the jointed sections of the figure it is highly desirable to provide a joining member which is particuv larly adapted for different functions in that it is capable of convenient application or removal and when in place will permit free movement of the connected sections without binding. To this end I have devised a particular fastener involving two members. The main member 13 involving a shank 14 of an appropriate length and a disk head 15 at one end of the shank. The shank near the opposite end is formed with an annular channel 16 and beyond the channel is rounded as at 17 for convenient insertion. The remaining member of the connector is in the form of a split annular member 18 slightly dished, or concavo-convex, the inner opening corresponding to the diameter of the shank at the annular channel, the split formation permitting the washer to he slipped over the end 17 and snapped into the channel. The member 18 is arranged with the convex portion next the movable member of the toys so as to present as small a contacting surface as possible, thereby avoiding friction.

The connector thus described may be readily and quickly applied or removed and when in place permits free and easy movement of the parts with as little friction as possi- V ti'al feature of the present'inventionresiding 1n the means whereby the toys are supported and held for manipulation and the fastener whereby the jointed parts of the toy are connected.

That is claimed is: 7 1. A jointed figure toy having one or more members thereof formed with a non-circular opening, and an operating member corresponding in size and shape to the opening adapted for removable insertion through the opening to fix said part and member togethen,

2. The combination with a jointed figure toy having the arms thereof formed with non-circular openings designed to be alined, and an operating rod having a sectional contour and size corresponding to that of the 2f HARRIET JOSEPHINE CHAPMAN.

Witnesses ANNA H. CURTIS, JOHN KANE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. G.

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